Using a Chagas disease hospital database: a clinical and epidemiological patient profile

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Chagas disease (CD) prevention and control rely on studies of its distribution, characteristics of individuals affected and mode of transmission. CD data in Brazil are scarce; a retrospective analysis of the clinical characteristics of 80 patients treated at the Clinical Hosp...

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Main Authors: Andressa Bruscato, Mariane Barroso Pereira, Mariana Degaki Archilia, Thassia Mariane Teodoro, Eros Antônio de Almeida, Luiz Cláudio Martins, Eduardo de Figueiredo Peloso, Fernanda Ramos Gadelha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822018000600831&lng=en&tlng=en